The Devil’s Brood: Part X-The Road to Bouvines, the most important battle in medieval Europe you have probably never heard of.

The Devil's Brood examines the Angevin Dynasty, otherwise known as the Plantagenets, which ruled over England and the greater part of France until John lost most of the family lands in Europe. Henry II was the first Angevin king of England, and Part X examines John's feud with the Church and attempt to build a coalition of allies to retake his lands.

Cast of Characters:
John-King of England, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of Anjou
Philip II-king of France, John's nominal overlord for Normandy, Aquitaine and Anjou
Louis-Philip's eldest son, count of Artois
Blanche-daughter of Alfonso and Eleanor of England, and Louis' wife
Ingeborg-Philip's estranged wife, sister of King Cnut VI of Denmark
William Marshal-earl of Pembroke, leading noble in the Angevin federation
William Longsword-earl of Salisbury, John's half-brother
Otto-king of Germany, John's nephew
Baldwin IX-Count of Flanders and Hainaut
Ferrand-Count of Flanders
Renaud-Count of Boulogne
Innocent III-Pope

Sources:
The Plantagenets: the Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England-Dan Jones
The Restless Kings: Henry II, His Sons and the War for the Plantagenet Crown-Nick Barratt
The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones-Thomas Asbridge
Lionheart & Lackland: King Richard, King John and the Wars of Conquest-Frank McLynn
King John, Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: the Road to Magna Carta-Marc Morris
King John and the Road to Magna Carta-Stephen Church
King John-W.L. Warren
The Angevin Empire-John Gillingham
The Plantagenet Empire: 1154-1224, Martin Aurell, translated from the French by David Crouch
Angevin England 1154-1258-Richard Mortimer
Tales from the Long Twelfth Century: The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire-Richard Huscroft
Medieval Flanders-David Nicholas
Blood Cries Afar: The Magna Carta Wars and the Invasion of England 1215-1217-Sean McGlynn
Louis: The French Prince Who Invaded England-Catherine Hanley

Image Credit:
King Henry II and his chlidren (left to right: William, Henry the young King, Richard Lionheart, Matilda, Geoffrey, Eleonor, Joan, John Lackland)

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